Lake Cowichan Gazette, March 20, 2013

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Nikki Gibson (left), Sydney Allan (centre) and Darien Robertson take their turn on the runway at the LCSS Grad Fashion Show on Friday, March 15. The three grad students organized the fundraiser event.

LCSS’s grads paying it forward with donation from fashion show On Friday, March 15 Lake Cowichan Secondary School grad students strutted the catwalk in front of a crowd of about 150 people to raise funds for Curt Knippelberg — who grew up in Lake Cowichan — and his fight against an unusual medical affliction called a pineal cyst and for their dry grad.

Those plans changed after hearing Knippelberg speak. Grad Sydney Allan, one of the coordinators, said “The grads are honored to help Curt as he grew up in Lake Cowichan and is such a community minded person.”

All the proceeds from the evening’s event were donated to Knippelberg’s plight which was about $500 — but the grand total won’t be known until after spring break when everything can be tallied. To be added to

the total are the proceeds from the concession. Tim Hortons donated coffee and donuts for the grads to sell.

Knillelberg gave a shoutout to the grads on his Facebook page saying “Big love going out to all the LCSS students organizing and taking part in the Grad Fashion Show. Was a great time guys.

“Wishing everyone the best in their grad year.”

Seventeen of the LCSS grads modelled clothes from local retail stores Fit for a Princess and Scarlett’s Boutique and from Duncan’s Martin’s Men’s Wear, The Garment District and others. The show covered an entire gamut of entertainment with music by teachers Shannon Steignenger and Adrian Achurch and casual attire to evening wear.

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The four communities on Vancouver Island that were selected to be part of this incentive program are Galiano Island, Port Alberni, Tofino and lastly, Port Hardy which was allocated two positions due to their dire need.

“We applaud the communities that were chosen,” said Laurie John- Laurie Johnson, chair of son, chair of the Choose the Choose Cowichan Cowichan Lake Com- Lake Committee, says they mittee (CCLC), a local are hopeful in recruiting a group dedicated to find- second doctor for the area. ing more doctors who will practice in Lake Cowichan. “They obviously needed it more than we did.”

Physicians selected for the incentive will receive $50,000 when they begin working in their new community and the balance of $50,000 after one year of service.

If the full three year commitment is not completed, the entire sum must be repaid.

The program is part of a province wide drive to ensure that all B.C. citizens will have access to a family physician by the year 2015. In a recent Gazette MP’s Report, Nanaimo/Cowichan Member of Parliament, Jean Crowder pointed out that some five million Canadians do not have a family doctor.

With the bad news came some incredibly good news as the CCLC announced that on Wednesday, March 13, a doctor had been found who will relocate his practice to Lake Cowichan. Dr. Chris Kibonge has accepted a position at the Brookside Medical Clinic effective July 1, 2013.

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˙Bob Day and Jayne Ingram ˙Davey Derby ~Jim Lamb ˙Nitinat Hatchery ˙Stone Soup Inn ~Chef Brock Windsor ˙Lake Cowichan First Nation ˙TimberWest

˙Hancock Timber ˙Salmon and Mushroom Festival ˙Cowichan Lake student volunteers ˙Ted Johnson ˙Valley Fish and Game Club ˙Lake Cowichan Lions Club ˙Mesachie Lake Forestry Station ˙Cowichan Fly and Tackle ~Gord March ˙Youbou Lands ~Chris Clements ˙Cowichan Land Trust ˙Cowichan Cow Lake and River Stewardship Society

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The 17 member Lake Cowichan Rivernotes Choir — under the direction of Judith Quinlan at Studio 261 — sings River Run at the Duncan United Church during the vocal segment of the 64th-annual Cowichan Music festival. Local pianist Robyn Crosby accompanied them. The Rivernotes went on to win in the Adult Community Choir category. The award came with a $50 cheque, courtesy of Island Savings Credit Union. Quinlan says “it ($50) will really help us, choir music is expensive.”

The women’s choir — who meet on most Monday evenings — can accept a few more members, no audition required. If you are interested call Judith at 250-749-3728, or Carolyne at 250-749-6772 for more information.

Cowichan Lake has new doctor Cont’d from page 1 “We are thrilled to know that the CCLC had such an effect on Dr. Kibonge’s choice to relocate his practice to Lake Cowichan,” said Johnson.

The committee, made up of a cross section of concerned Lake Cowichan citizens including Mayor Ross Forrest (co-chair of CCLC) was formed in early January of this year. They have met several times to come up with effective strategies to recruit physicians to set up practices in town. The group works closely with Vancouver Island Health Authority‘s (VIHA)

cating to the area.

“Our committee is still moving forward to try and get another doctor,” said Johnson.

“Hopefully our efforts will help to recruit another one.”

The bittersweet side to any story of a physician relocating is that for each community gaining a new doctor, there is in turn a community losing one.

Dr. Kibonge will be leaving the northern B.C. community of Burns Lake when he relocates to Lake Cowichan this summer.

“It’s so sad that one town’s gain is another town’s loss,” said Johnson.

mailbox in the next few weeks for information about the CVRD’s new automated curbside collection program, as discussed in a series

Your taxes, your community

of community Open Houses last fall.

In the next few months, you can look forward to receiving new easy-roll totes for all your curbside materials as part of the move to automated collection. The new

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Physician Recruitment Office based in Nanaimo and the Cowichan Valley Division of Family Practice. Brookside Clinic physician, Dr. Philip Kerswell is also an active member of the group.

Initiatives include upgrading the town’s website, as often it is the first place a prospective physician may look when considering relocation. Other programs include compiling and distributing informational packages on the town and its amenities to interested parties.

The group hopes to provide hosts for visiting physicians who may be considering relo-

with all the information you need to make the shift to automated collection, including start dates and schedules.

The CVRD is joining several communities across BC in the move to automated collection. To learn more about the benefits of this new service, including new totes, lower fees and less waste, visit us on our website at CVRDrecycles.bc.ca/curbside or call the CVRD Recycling Hotline at 250-746-2540 or 1-800-665-3955.

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NOTHING IS BETTER

The Cowichan Valley Regional District is hosting a very informative educational event at the Cowichan Lake Sports Arena on Thursday, March 21 at 7 p.m.

The speaker is a gentleman by the name of Jerry Berry and he has a wealth of knowledge and information for property owners who will open their tax notice in June, and wonder what they are paying for and why the amount owing keeps going up.

Elected officials are offered educational opportunities to improve our skills so that we can better serve the communities we represent. One such opportunity was just over a year ago at the Local Government Leadership Academy (LGLA) in Richmond, and that is where

I first heard Mr. Berry speak.

I immediately remarked how important I felt the information was and set about the task of arranging to have Berry come to our community to share his perspective on local government taxation and just how services are provided and paid for.

All local governments are preoccupied with budgets at this time of year and it doesn’t matter whether you live in a municipality like the Town of Lake Cowichan or a regional district electoral area.

Decisions made in the next few weeks will have a direct impact on what the local government portion of your property tax bill will be. As the CVRD Director for Area F, I have worked countless hours to reduce spending wherever possible, while trying to balance competing needs for increasing local government support.

As it sits today, as I write this article, Area F taxpayers will see the smallest percentage increase of all the electoral areas in the CVRD. Area F only has

one vote out of a total of 47, when it comes to financial matters at the CVRD board table.

There are pressures to fund facilities like the Cowichan Sportplex and Cowichan Valley Hospice, and other worthy initiatives too many to mention here, in addition to the Island Corridor Foundation upgrade of the E&N rail line. Those may force our tax bill even higher.

Each June when you open your property tax bill, you will likely have questions about the “why” and “how much” your tax bill has risen this year. I enjoy the opportunity to explain what the costs are for what services we receive. Your questions also offer me the opportunity to explain just how much of a role local government plays in our daily lives.

I encourage you to come out on Thursday night to listen to Jerry Berry. There is a very good chance he will do a better job than then me, explaining about the services we use and how we all pay for them. I hope to see you there.

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Gary Conway — in the bucket of a new BC Hydro truck that can lift to 100 feet — is a 20-year BC Hydro employee on the Vancouver Island transmission crew. On Sunday, March 17 he was part of a crew working on restoring hydro to Ditidaht ďŹ rst Nation community.

‘Substantial’ theft of copper wire cuts power to Ditidaht community A substantial theft of copper wire between China Creek and Nitinat Lake on Vancouver Island forced BC Hydro to cut power to 88 homes on the remote Ditidaht First Nation reserve.

The theft is a very dangerous crime that puts the public and Hydro crews at signiďŹ cant risk.

On Thursday, March 14 a BC Hydro crew responding to a service call at Ditidaht discovered a substantial amount of copper wire had been stolen off approximately 300 utility poles. Copper ground wire conductors were ripped off the poles along a 62-kilometre line, BC Hydro community relations manager Ted Olynyk said. Port Alberni RCMP are also investigating the theft.

Power was cut to the entire community at 5 p.m. Friday and was thought to be reconnected by 5 p.m. on Saturday but after the crews —approximately 35 people — worked a 12 hour shift the community was still without power. “It was a very difďŹ cult decision on our part,â€? Olynyk said about de-energizing the community. “It is not something we like to do. Safety is No. 1 for us because we’re dealing with electricity.â€?

BC Hydro won’t know the extent of the damage to the China Creek line or the cost of replacing all the lines until at least after Sunday. “We’re still determining the severity of the problem. Tomorrow (Saturday) our crews will be on site doing repairs and we’ll have a better idea of the extent to the damage of our system. “Right now we’re trying to make it safe.�

The theft was discovered after BC Hydro crews responded to a call from Ditidaht about kids getting shocked after touching a fence, Olynyk said. Crews ďŹ xed that problem but in the process realized the ground wire was cut to a nearby pole. Further examination uncovered

The provincial government enacted more poles with severed wires.

A community member commented the Metal Dealers and Recyclers Act that at ďŹ rst, kids were making a game of in July 2012 in an attempt to deter and it (touching the fence) and that the main- track metal thieves. Olynyk said BC Hydro supports the new law, “but we’ve tenance man couldn’t close the gate.

Olynyk said people in the community had instances where people try to use noticed about a month ago that things chainsaws to cut down a pole. They go weren’t right, like the fence causing to a lot of extremes to get copper wire.�

BC Hydro crews will be replacing shocks, but no one called until Thursthe usual copper wiring with a steel day. “We’re lucky this didn’t cause any se- based wire that is virtually worthless to rious injuries to a member of the public thieves.

The community was re-energized at or to our crews,� Olynyk said.

The copper ground wires are buried approximately 5:30 p.m. Sunday, March in the ground beneath each hydro pole 17.

Port Alberni RCMP members are and run up the poles to the hydro wires.

Copper is the best conduit for ground- seeking the public’s assistance as part ing wires, which is why they are widely of their investigation, Const. Shelly Schedewitz said in a press release. used, Olynyk explained. “If anyone witnessed this crime, or “We briey turned the power back on to the community on Saturday evening can provide information about it, they to do tests and to let the community re- are asked to contact the local detachment fuel their generators, heat their water at 723-2424, or contact Crime Stoppers and cool their refrigerators.â€? said BC anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS,â€? she said.

Hydro crew foreman Jeff Stites. —Susan Quinn, Alberni Valley News Nitinat River hatchery was slated to and Lake Cowichan Gazette have their power shut down for approximately one hour on Sunday afternoon while BC Hydro worked further on the lines.

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Your Taxes, Your Future, Your Community Come out and get involved!

The Cowichan Valley Regional District is sponsoring a speaker series free of charge about: • Property taxes, • Local government ďŹ nances, • Operating realities, and • The long-term well-being of our communities.

Join local government speaker and educator Mr. Jerry Berry for an entertaining and thoughtprovoking presentation about local governance and what changing times might mean for your community’s future well-being.

Find out about the changing circumstances faced by your local governments trying to serve your communities. You might be surprised by what you may not be aware of; by what you thought you knew, and perhaps by what you didn’t know.

If you want your kids’ kids to enjoy the community facilities and programs you yourself have enjoyed, you will want to hear this talk, and perhaps get further involved as an informed community participant.

It’s your community, come and hear how you can help participate in its future.

Date: Thursday March 21 Time: 7:00 pm Place: Cowichan Lake Sports Arena

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Weir changes will provide better control of water with no cost to taxpayers

Gerald Thom, president of the Cowichan Lake and River Stewardship Society

In my opinion: Proposed change is a required adaptation to climate change.

The March 9 public meeting regarding proposed changes to weir operation left a lot of questions unanswered and I would like to clear up some confusion expressed by concerned citizens since the meeting.

Q. What change to the weir operation is the Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations proposing?

A. The only option currently being considered by the deputy comptroller of water rights, Brian Symonds, is to extend the full storage (water to top of existing weir) date from July 9 to July 31.

Q. Why is this change being proposed?

A. To protect fish stocks and the river ecosystem.

A minimum flow of seven

cubic meters per second is required and at present we can only maintain this flow one year out of three.

The proposed change will likely allow for this flow two years out of three.

Q. What effect will it have on riparian areas and beaches around Cowichan Lake?

A. It will have no effect on riparian areas as the proposed change is only below the top of the weir (162.37 meters elevation) well below the natural average high water level which is at 164 meters (or 1.63 meters/ 5 feet above the top of weir) and only during the summer. Beach area may be slightly reduced in the summer months if we have adequate rain. The reduction would be no more than is experienced during an average wet summer.

Q. Will this change increase the chance of flooding around the lake?

A. No! The proposed change will only create a minor change to summer water levels and even if we had a huge summer rain event the operator would be directed to dump excess water when above the new rule curve. Water can be released very quickly by opening the weir when the river is low.

Q. Why am I interested and so involved in this issue?

A. My wife and I live on Cowichan Lake and we are concerned about winter flooding so I have dedicated hundreds of hours to researching lake water levels. I volunteer as a fisheries

technician, president of the Cowichan Lake and River Stewardship Society, and a technical advisor for the Cowichan Watershed Board (CWB). In these roles I have gained a substantial working knowledge of the lake and river system. I attend all the scientific and government meetings on this subject and am happy to share my experience with others.

In my opinion the proposed change is a required adaptation to climate change. The change will provide better control of our water with existing weir at no cost to taxpayers.

As a lakefront landowner I am willing to sacrifice a few feet of my beach during dry summers to help save the nearly extinct summer run of chinook salmon and our valuable river ecosystem.

A healthy lake and river are critical to a healthy watershed and ultimately our own health.

I encourage other property owners who live on the lake and river to do their part and write the deputy comptroller at Brian.Symonds@gov.bc.ca to support this change.

If you would like more information on this issue please call me at 250-7497203.

Rodger Hunter with the CWB and I will also be answering weir operation questions on CICV, 98.7 FM The Lake on Saturday, March 23 at 10 a.m.

Phone in with your questions at 250-932-2428 for on air discussion.

And we’re giving a High Five to the grads who organized and took part in the fashion show fundraiser held last Friday evening at Lake Cowichan Secondary.

Initially, the event’s proceeds were to be split between the grad class and Curt Knippelberg, but the grads decided to donate it all to Knippelberg who is trying to raise enough funds to be able to travel to Australia and undergo a costly operation for a pineal cyst.

How about a high five to everyone who changed their smoke detector batteries when they moved their clocks ahead and to the firefighters who reminded us.

High Fives go out to the many community members that are apart of our Choose Cowichan Lake doctor recruitment committee.

Choose Cowichan Lake is an active committee that is committed to improving the level of services and opportunities for the Cowichan Lake community through advocacy and promotion.

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Vicious circle of education funding fails children

Lakeshore property owners deserve to be part of the solution

Dear Editor Re: School District 79 on hot seat . . ., Feb.13. This letter was also sent to the Minister of Education, Don McRae

In my opinion: 20cm increase in lake level would cause considerable negative impact

The Ministry of Education is failing our children by choosing to fund a twotier education system in our province.

Because of funding for private education, many families have chosen to withdraw their children from public school and enroll them in private schools where the class sizes are smaller and there are more resources and support available to students.

Because the ministry funds education based on enrollment, this has created a vicious circle for public schools: families withdraw their children from public schools, which leads to declining enrollment, which leads to smaller budgets for school districts, which leads to restructuring, larger class sizes, less resources and schools in disrepair, which leads to more families withdrawing their children.

When will the ministry realize they LCSS’s enrolment has been declining in recent years. A letter are endangering student success and writer suggests that the Ministry of Education is funding a twoteir education system that creates a vicious circle of budget put an end to this vicious circle?

Have you seen a Grade 3 classroom shortfalls. in an older public school? Chances are pretty good that there is duct tape certainly pass. holding down some broken piece of something in the The vote takes place at any ISCU branch between classroom. There are a number of students who reMarch 18 and 22. I shall vote “no”! quire additional supports or assistance, who are not David Ridley receiving the assistance. Why? Because his or her Lake Cowichan problems aren’t as severe as some other student’s issues.

When was the last time you heard a school district in this province say they would not be reducing some services or selling a school to meet the budget that the ministry had given them?

The two-tiered education system in this province is Dear Editor not meeting the educational needs of our children.

I am disappointed at how our tax dollars are being What is going on? The CVRD’s grants in aid to spent in this province. I wonder whether the school tax levy I pay on my property taxes, actually goes the Island Corridor Foundation ($244.050), and the towards our schools? If not, then why is it labeled a Cowichan Sportsplex ($146.500)is like another tax increase without tax payers approval. When does it school levy?

How can our provincial government keep saying stop?

Maybe it is time that Lake Cowichan opts out of that health care and education are their top priorities however they are not allocating enough funds to ad- the CVRD except for water, garbage and transportation that we all need. The rest is just excess spendequately provide for our public education system? ing. Time to pull the plug?

Belinda Waller Does our mayor and council have the interest of Lake Cowichan Lake Cowichan taxpayers or do they agree to these excessive tax increases?

Human nature is that few have the time or inclination to attend Town meetings. But that the 30-50 that do attend, even though their opinions do count, does not represent all of us.

When will democracy again rule? Electing a Dear Editor mayor and council should not give them the right to do as they please. Their argument that “You elected The rules by which Island Savings Credit Union us now let us do our job,” is redundant with out taxis governed may soon change. Members are encouraged by directors to study the old rules along payer oversight. We should — as a society — have the right to a formal vote. with the new rules. Unfortunately this involves It is perhaps time that elected officials plan their reading through 60 pages of legalese and so most expenditure and spending and give the tax payer the members will rely on the summary sent out with right to approve or disapprove their decisions on a monthly statements. ballot.

One of the many changes is one which will allow It is probably also time that a detailed budget the board of directors to set their own remuneration, (after a budget has been completed) is forwarded to rather than allowing the membership to vote on all residents of Lake Cowichan, to inform all of us this at an annual general meeting. These changes where and how our tax dollars are spent. Telling us mean that the membership will lose more and that it can be viewed at the Town office is like trying more control over what was once a community to invite all of us to arrive there to view one document. endeavour.

Democracy? Is it really still alive?

If the membership feels that it is a good idea to let Bert Lievre directors decide what they should pay themselves Lake Cowichan out of our money, then the special resolution will

I am writing as a concerned lakeshore property owner about proposals being considered to change the rule curve and/or raise the weir on Cowichan Lake. I am both an owner of lakeshore property, and the official representative for 58 families that are impacted.

I attended the Proposals to Change the Water Storage of Cowichan Lake public meeting at Lake Cowichan on March 9 and heard a number of concerns raised by the audience that were not addressed meaningfully by the panel. There was also considerable emphasis by the panel presentation material and responses to questions, on the use of statistics and averages, to paint the picture that the impacts of the proposed changes would be insignificant on lakeshore properties. I believe this to be a gross over-simplification.

There is also liberal use of LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging/ mapping) as the means of ‘proving’ that the impacts are negligible.

When I reviewed the LiDAR maps for the five parcels that I am an owner of, it gave the impression that a 20cm increase in lake level would have no impact. However, this is in stark contrast to the impacts that I have measured on the ground at each site. Two of the properties I represent were staked by Kenyon Wilson — surveyors contracted by the CVRD — the last time there was talk of raising the weir a few years ago. So this is not just conjecture on my part.

A 20cm increase would cause considerable negative impact at both locations. In addition, the analysis and presentation material provided to date does not take into account the impact on tree roots, septic systems, lakeshore ecosystems, wave action from boats or high winds, or heavy rain events. For instance, the average precipitation is not relevant during a heavy rainfall event that causes a surge in lake level. Add to this the wave action of strong winds, and the impact on lakeshore becomes potentially very significant.

What I heard at the meeting from the panel was a lot of “trust us, we know what we are doing.” I am not buying the pitch I’m afraid.

There are too many concerns that have not been addressed.

I was also disturbed to hear that the onus is being put on the lakeshore property owners to prove that there is a negative impact on their land. It seems to me that the burden of proof should be on the proponents and not the landowners. Trying to prove that damage was caused by changes in the rule curve would be highly burdensome on the property owner, and would be cost prohibitive for individual owners.

It was admitted by the proponents that each property would be impacted differently by the proposed changes. If that is the case then I believe that each property should be surveyed and mapped, and that should be the formal document to determine the baseline and the impacts of changes to the lake storage levels. Formal assurances should be made by the proponents, that if not kept, would give the lakeshore property owner a simple and cost effective process to obtain reasonable compensation.

Finally, I am absolutely amazed that the obvious solution to fixing the problem permanently of controlling the lake level and ensuring that the river gets adequate flow, was unceremoniously dumped off the drawing board. It was apparently politically incorrect to be dredging channels in the river, despite this being done around the world very successfully with minimal negative impact if constructed with care.

The solution I am referring to is the one proposed in the engineering report done a few years ago. It proposed digging a trench in the riverbed to relieve the low level obstruction down stream from the weir, and installing pipes to draw water from the lake bottom.

The fish would also benefit from the cooler water. I recall the price tag on this was estimated to be about $5-7.5 million, which also included raising the weir.

It appears to me that this solution could be implemented without having to raise the weir, and would be usable on demand as required. It is also clear that the proponents view the changes to the rule curve to be only a stopgap measure, and that the real solution So we know that the solution exists that would likely make everyone happy. The big question is whether there is the will to spend the money up-front and whether the politicians will take the time to revisit that channel/pipe option. It’s time that we all admitted that this is not just about the fish. The need for more water downstream from the lake is an economic/growth issue. Let’s not try to ram through a short-term solution just because it is expedient and a cheap option.

The lakeshore property owners deserve to be part of the solution.

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Meade Creek logging camp

Rolli Gunderson

PAGES OF HISTORY Next time you make a trip to the CVRD Meade Creek Refuse and Recyclable depot try to imagine a logging camp complete with logging trucks, machinery and company owned residential homes lining the same stretch of Meade Creek Road. That’s how it was from 1942 until it closed in 1965 when the Western Forest Industries Ltd. (WFI) owned logging camp reigned supreme on the site that is now an industrial area and the location of the refuse depot and several small mills, including the Neuffer owned Karlite Manufacturing Ltd. In the years before 1965, closing down a logging camp was a simple act with little heed paid to replanting the forest that had been removed. The logged areas were left to nature.

“Abandoned working areas were marked by a haphazard accumulation of bark, chunks and odd bits of wire rope, pieces of sawn lumber and hewn timbers.” (Cowichan Leader, 1965).

Over the years, the weather bleached yarding and landing sites began to take on the green hue of willows and other new deciduous trees which rose amid the devastation. The edges of nearby creeks and unused bridges were left to crum-

ble and rot. “The crude (logging) camp buildings lapsed into decay and only pieces of steel were saved .”

Things slowly began to change and by 1965, a worked-out (logging) claim was replanted in large acreages, in effect tree farms. Instead of the extensive system of logging roads everywhere, the abandoned roads were deactivated leaving only an access. This “skeletal road system” was maintained should a forest fire break out near the acres of new planting.

As was the case with the closing of the WFI Meade Creek camp, nearly everything was taken away including sturdy buildings “which housed men, clerks, mechanics first-aid attendants, supervisors and other personnel.” The new and modern way was to also clear away the debris and residue from the camps and the abandoned logging sites. Even the three residential houses (used for top personnel) were removed then privately sold becoming private homes within the community of Lake Cowichan.

With the end of the once vibrant Meade Creek camp, for many, came the feeling of a final goodbye to a dear friend. Gone was the bunkhouse that had been home to many loggers, “especially the sturdy strangers from Europe” who had left their homeland to make a life in a new land. The tide had changed. Instead of company owned bunkhouses and residences, the employees rode the crummy (bus) to work each day.

Meade Creek Camp passed into history and with it, the memory of “hundreds of millions of feet of scaled logs

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Hundreds of millions of feet of scaled logs it turned out were taken as lumber to the four corners of the globe.

1965, Cowichan Leader Courtesy of Kaatza Station Museum

Parked in front of the mechanic shop at Meade Creek Camp in 1946 are six new Kenworth logging trucks. In 1948 three new bays were added to the shop for three more Kenworths.

it turned out and taken as lumber to the four corners of the globe”. Those who lived and worked there left and another chapter of life began.

Today there lays not a shred of evidence that a logging camp and all its activity once existed on the very land where we dispose of our refuse and recyclables and where finished lumber products are now milled and sold.

Courtesy of Kaatza Station Museum

One of the residences owned by Western Forest Industries at their Meade Creek logging camp, the house was occupied by the Gordon Dods family from 1947 until 1952. The houses were moved to the end of Neva Road when the camp closed.

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Left: Wally Baas and Ken Wirth celebrate their Buddy Bushwacker win.

Above: Amie Le Floch wins in the 16 yard, C Class Trap.

Valley Fish and Game hit target with annual banquet and awards

Andreas Berglund Photos

In addition to good times, the sold out annual Valley Fish and Game Club Banquet served to recognize some of the organization’s many volunteers.

One of the top awards of the evening — the Howard Smith Achievement Award — went to long-time volunteer Jim Marwood for the second year in a row. The award is voted on by the members, so that shows how much it is worth.

Overall the annual banquet, which is the club’s biggest fundraiser of the year, was a successful event pulled together by 30-plusyears veteran organizers Jim Eddy and Mike Hancock. The event raised money that helps pay for the club’s efforts in conservation throughout the Cowichan Lake area said Bill Swain, president of VFG. “We get a lot of support from local businesses too,” said Swain. “And we thank them for it.”

Left: Len Smith — who won the Old Farts 16 and 27 Yards Trap and the Men’s Largest Spring Salmon — gives Miranda Garden Marwood a smooch on the cheek for her win in the Ladies trap.

Above: Reid Godfrey wins the Outdoor Archer of the Year for his 130 pound white tail deer.

Jim Marwood (centre) receives the Howard Smith Achievement Award from Howard Smith himself while the trophy master, Al Marsden (L), looks on.

President of the Valley Fish and Game Club Bill Swain and his wife, Shelley Webster, mimic the framed photo of the barred owls that they was given to them by photographer Andreas Berglund.

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Old Age Security being denied to naturalized Canadians Cowichan has long been a destination: for Finnish people who moved to Jean the Island Crowder to be part of the fishing i n d u s t r y, for war brides who came home with their new husbands after the war, for the many Hindi and Punjabi foresters who came to work as loggers.

So it is no surprise that immigration issues loom large in the casework that my constituency office helps residents with each month.

One issue that is growing is how Service Canada deals with Old Age Security (OAS) applications especially for people who immigrated to Canada a long time ago, or as children, so they

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do not have landing documents.

Many naturalized Canadians, after years of interaction with government for paying taxes, voting in elections, getting married or getting a student loan, thought their landing documents no longer mattered. But that has changed. Now Service Canada is asking for proof or date of entry into Canada to determine eligibility for the full OAS pension. For those residents whose documents were lost over the years, they must apply to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) for replacements, before they apply for their OAS. That’s where the real problem begins.

Recent decisions by the Conservative government to cut the number of government employees and front-line service centres means there are fewer options for Canadians to reach a CIC representative for help. There is no CIC office left on Vancouver Island —

the final one closed last year. My office has seen many residents coming in for help because they cannot reach anyone on the phone at CIC and looking for information on the Internet is an unfamiliar or unavailable option.

New Democrats believe that the government does not need extra documentation to determine how long someone has lived in Canada.

Especially for naturalized Canadians who have lived here for decades. Like the changes the Conservatives have announced to delay eligibility for OAS until age 67, this is a cynical attempt to deny Canadians the benefits they have worked hard for.

While we have been told that the two departments, CIC and Service Canada, are working on a protocol to ensure they can access information to determine eligibility, that doesn’t help residents who are being denied OAS right now.

LAKE BLOOMS Into the Garden Lake Bloomers Garden Club

By:: Carolyne Austin

Digging in to gardening; plants and bees

On the few sunny days that we have had, the small, local honey bees have been happily buzzing around the crocus and Hellebores. Although the Hellebore is called the Christmas rose it is still in bloom, but the flowers are starting to die off. Many are white with pink tinges but there are also fabulous shades of pink, chocolate and even blue. Their leaves can be a dull or dark, shiny green and are interestingly veined. Hellebores are striking when added to a winter planter.

When purchasing seeds or plants check to see what time of year they are to be planted and harvested so you will get the best results. Many vegetables have an early and late or overwintering variety. For instance with carrots, Danvers and Nantes can be direct seeded now but Autumn King or Yaya are the overwintering varieties to be seeded in early July.

Some people like to double dig their garden plots and others like to till. It has been suggested that tilling is best for breaking new ground and double digging by hand for previously planted areas. I plant fall rye in some areas and those do need to be tilled in.

It is very important to check your soil pH and nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium (NPK) so you can decide what additives are necessary for the seeds you are planting. Reasonably priced soil-testing kits are available at hardware stores and nurseries.

If adding dolomite lime to the soil it has been recommended that you mix it with water for better absorption. I generally apply lime to areas where I plant greens and carrots.

Seeds for direct seeding outside this month when the soil is dry enough to be worked and there is little chance of frost

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Hellebore and crocus peek out in the early spring — and a sure sign of the season are the bees.

are: arugula, carrots, corn salad, kale, peas, potatoes and radishes. If you are worried about frost use a remay (spunbonded polyester fabric) row cover over the area. Peas and potatoes are fine and don’t need covering.

Garlic: Your garlic will need to be fed with kelp or canola meal when their greens are showing. Reindeer’s Natural plant food, made and sold locally, makes Kelp meal and it works wonders for root crops such as carrot, onions, beets and garlic.

Fruit trees: Before the buds swell you can treat them again with Dormant Oil spray early in the day (5’C or more) when there is no indication of frost or rain for a couple of days. Check near the branch joints for tent caterpillar egg masses and pick them off.

Mason bees: If you have a Mason bee house March is the time to install it on a protected

southeast location near your garden.

Don’t put the cocoons out until the weather warms to 14C during the day and buds are just opening on your fruit trees. It is wise to place a small container of damp mud near the bee house as they need that to build their walls.

Gardening to me is both rewarding and experimental. I try new plants often just to see if they will flourish here.

I find that a successful garden depends a lot on the weather and every year is different so don’t give up if you have a bad year. Also, remember that our gardens are generally two to three weeks behind the south island for times to plant and harvest.

To network with other gardeners in the area come to a Lake Bloomers Garden Club meeting on the second Tuesday of the month. Meetings are held at the St. Louis De Montfort Church on Fern Road in Lake Cowichan at 1 p.m.

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Make spring break a memorable one, fun ideas for your family Diana Hutton Lake Cowichan Gazette

Ah, spring break. It’s the time for amazing adventures to warmer climates, dream-come-true getaways to the Magic Kingdom and generally memorable and relaxing times with the family. Oh wait, that wasn’t real life, that was a travel agency commercial!

For the lucky few, money and work schedules do allow for such blissful interludes during the wet, grey days of March. For many families however, spring break means scrambling to come up with child care and/or coming up with activities that are close by, easy to pull off and above all cheap (or better still, free).

The following is a list of ideas to help parents, grandparents, kids and caregivers create some fun, magic and memories over the hiatus from the hallowed halls of learning. By all means adjust and modify to allow for a variety of ages, free time and individual tastes. Just remember to be creative and have fun.

Try a theme day. A Mexican fiesta can be as simple as tacos or nachos for dinner with some salsa music on the stereo. You can dress it up a notch with homemade sombreros made by cutting circles out of cardboard with a hole in the centre to fit over a baseball cap. Decorate with felts or poster paint and glue on some

sequins, ribbon or tissue paper flowers. Make a homemade piñata by tying up treats in a loose tissue paper bundle or create the real deal with papier mache moulded over a balloon. Make a pin the tail on the burro (or whatever) or revise a favourite card game like Snap with a Spanish flare. Ole! Celebrate a belated Chinese new year with a homemade stirfry and fried rice. Make and decorate fans or lanterns out of folded cardboard or paper and cap the night off with a rousing Chinese checkers tourney.

Have a fancy dress-up dinner at the Ritz, where everybody gets decked out in their finest. Dig out your tiddliest tablecloth and dress the table up with candles and a homemade centrepiece.

Raid you Christmas decoration box for mini-light, sparkly garland and accessories. Serve a variety of appies on your fanciest dishes (veggies and dip, cheese and crackers and sandwiches cut into little triangles) and imbibe in juice or ginger ale in posh wine glasses.

Have an old time movie night.

Roll out the sleeping bags in the front room, turn down the lights and re-visit an old family favourite. Bring on the popcorn and top it off with homemade smoothies or milkshakes (fruit juice, ice, fresh fruit, yogurt or ice-cream).

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hotdogs, smores or beans and weenies around the candle campfire. Tell ghost stories or do the old telephone game, where a phrase is whispered one person to the next and see what surprising sentence you end up with.

Build an old time indoor fort in the front room or kitchen with sheets and blankets draped over chairs or the table and fastened with clothes pegs. Invite special guests like teddies, mums or dads in to your secret hideaway to share a snack or reading session.

Dust off the Out enjoying one of the few sunny days during the first week of spring break are board games for the Calihoo siblings, from left, Mayson, Bailey and Mackenzie. a marathon round of old favourites like Monopoly or Trouble. Play on your sock feet with rubber relatives to check through when they visit. cards, chess or checkers or rig up bands.

Make a cool storage tote or Check out the Gazette and bulyour own version of Twister with toy box by decorating an old letin boards for special activities numbered papers taped to the card board box with felts, paint at the arena and local commufloor and a roll of the dice.

Make an indoor hopscotch or fabric. While you’re at it, do nity centres. Get out in your own course on the kitchen floor with a spring cleanup and downsize backyard for a garden clean-up masking tape and paper or do and cull out toys and clothes that or game of catch.

Just relax and use your imagisome indoor carpet skating by have been outgrown. You can donate them to local charities or nation to make this spring break putting plastic grocery bags have a free box for friends and a truly memorable one.

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Technical facts short about property flooding; needs of First Nations, salmon and Crofton pulp mill Parker Jefferson

that was presented at the meeting as clearly as I can. There is a web page that has lots of very good information on it at env.gov.bc.ca/ wsd/cowichan.html. On it you will see graphic representations of various weir proposals and a link to the LiDAR imagery. The LiDAR section is fascinating and shows about 800 waterfront propONE COWICHAN erties with aerial photographs, so if you live on the lake you can I attended the public meeting find your house and property.

Superimposed over aerial held by the B.C. Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource photographs are coloured lines Operations on Saturday, March 9 that represent the lake at various and must confess I was a little un- levels: the 200 year flood level derwhelmed by the proceedings. is a red line, the usual high waI have been very closely involved ter mark in winter is represented with the weir, lake and river level by a blue line, property lines are management situation for many in orange and usually below the months now and I found the pre- property lines is the lake level at sentations to be way too technical the top of the weir represented by the green line. Above the green and somewhat confusing.

There was almost no informa- line is a yellow shaded area reption on why water storage is nec- resenting the impact of 20 centiessary in the first place. There meters being added to the height was not enough time allotted for of the current weir.

In 350 of the 800 properties on questions and limiting questions by participants was not the best the lake, the green line representway to make sure everyone left ing the top of the weir and the the meeting well informed. There yellow area representing adding 20 centimeters to the weir are below the property lines, meaning there will The river is the lifeblood be no additional storage on private of our community and property in those we must do all we can to cases. maintain its health and It is easy to see that the proposed to plan for the changes increased summer that are coming to our storage of water is well below where climate. the water is all winter. In fact, the lake level when the weir is at maximum storage that is poswas no presentation from our sible in summer is 1.6 meters beFirst Nations to explain their reliance on ample river levels for the low the high water mark in winhealth and welfare of their com- ter. That is over five feet below munity, a glaring omission in my winter water levels, so you do not view. We were being talked down need to worry about increased to by the powers that be and flood risk when the weir is full, many of us in the audience think as it is most years in early July.

Even if the weir is raised by 20 that was not good enough.

The first speaker, Bryan Sy- centimeters the lake level would monds, deputy comptroller of be more than four and a half feet water rights for the Forests, Lands lower in summer than it is on avand Natural Resource Operations erage in the winter.

It is not possible for Symonds Ministry, stated that he alone will make the decisions on any oper- to authorize an additional 20 cenating procedures to be used with timeter storage over the top of the our weir. He will listen to the weir unless somebody applies for presentations and comments and another water license. That is not will look at submissions by any going to happen, so the only proaffected individuals and make the posal on the table is one to delay call by himself from his office in releasing water from the weir and lowering the lake level below Penticton.

I talked with him after the maximum storage (green line) meeting and I am confident he is from July 9 to July 31.

The lake level will then meet a very smart man and he clearly understands all the technical is- the normal rule curve on Sept. 15, sues. I am sure he will do the best ensuring that the lake has plenty he can to make the right decision, of room available to absorb any but he lives in Penticton. He will early fall rains without increasing not see the water lapping up on flood risk. This small increased private property or see the fish storage will help increase the dying in the river for lack of wa- probability that the river will not ter. He certainly does not rely on run dry in fall and there will be returning salmon to put food on enough water for fish migration.

Why is this increased early sumhis table as some in our First Namer water storage in the lake betions community do.

I will try to explain the data ing proposed? The best analogy I

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Roller skating returns Soon it will be time to put away your ice skates and put on the wheeled variety.

Starting May 31 roller skating begins at Cowichan Lake Sports Arena. The schedule and rates will remain the same as the ice skating

Minor hockey league announces AGM and awards day The Lake Cowichan and District Minor Hockey Association will hold its annual general meeting and awards event on Sunday, April 28.

The event will again be held at the Lake Cowichan Centennial Hall.

Watch the Gazette for the news and time.

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The Cowichan Lake weir which controls water flow in the Cowichan River.

can think of is money in the bank.

Think of our river as a junior employee in a shrinking company.

We could be laid off at any time so it is best to save money in case our income is interrupted. In the same sense, we are at the mercy of climate change, our summer precipitation has decreased by 35per cent since the 1960s and winter snowpack is reducing by 1per cent per year on average.

That means summer inflows to the lake are going down and the downward trend is increasing.

We usually get a significant amount of rain in June and early July. Think of how many times you have wondered in late June if summer will ever get here. We have the ability in the weir to save this water in the lake and bank it all summer (at levels well below where the water is in the winter), and use it in the late summer and fall to keep the river running at a reasonable level until the fall rains come.

The river is the lifeblood of our community and we must do all we can to maintain its health and to plan for the changes that are coming to our climate. We need a long-term plan and many of our community leaders think this will not be possible under the current governance model. Nobody has all the answers here, but we do not think they will come from one man working for the government in Penticton doing his best to comply with priorities, policies and procedures.

We need more local control

of our water resources and we need to hear from everyone in our community about how best to do this. Those who may be affected by increased water storage in summer need to be heard and clearly understood.

Our recreational sector is growing in importance and has a stake in maintaining good flows in the river.

Our First Nations community currently has no say in water management, when the health of our river has always been directly related to the health of their community.

Our chinook salmon are vulnerable and at risk for extinction if the river runs too low and warm in the fall. The local J Pod of killer whales that frequent the ocean around us depends on the chinook for 90 per cent of their diet. In low chinook years the elderly and weak whales die. In a sense, J Pod is threatened by low water levels in our river. Everything is connected.

The One Cowichan group is leading an initiative to make local control of our watershed an important issue in the coming provincial election. We want to get thousands of people in our community to pledge to only vote for a candidate that will support transfer of control of our water resources to local authorities, including First Nations as full partners. This is a non-partisan initiative and all parties are welcome to endorse it. You can sign the pledge at onecowichan.ca.

LCSS readies to lace up the cleats Lake Cowichan Secondary School is excited to announce that they will have a senior girls’ soccer team ready to lace-up this year.

Mr. Achurch will be organizing and coaching the team.

The girls had their first practice on Tuesday, March 12, and are looking forward to a great season.

Cowichan Rocks Curling News Correction Cowichan Rocks winds up season, March 13 — Incorrect information was submitted for last week’s curling column.

The winners of the Wednesday, Open League were, lead, Maria Elzinga, second, Kari McKinlay, third Tricia Mayea and skip Diane Myrden, The second place finishers were Jeff Sidhu, Lynn Baird, Trent Weir and Laine May.

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Bill passed away peacefully in Duncan with his family at his side. Born in Victoria, he was predeceased by his parents Bill and Pat Robertson. Bill is survived by his loving wife of 41 years, Barbara; daughter Fiona (Ken) and their children Emma and Reece; son Bill and his children Billy and Randi; daughter Leslie-Ann and her children Alanna, Kassidy and Kaydence; brothers-in-law, Don (Jan), George (Toni), Iain (Julia) and their families; maternal aunt Velma Brown and many cousins; paternal cousins Nancy Davis (Robertson) and Owen Robertson. Bill married his wife in February 1972 and moved from Victoria to Lake Cowichan. His great grandfather was a pioneer of the area. Bill loved the outdoors, living and working on the land. He worked for many years at TimberWest and enjoyed the friendships he made there. Bill was a wonderful husband, father and grandfather and loved his little family more than anything on earth. He will be greatly missed. Memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at Sands Funeral Chapel, 187 Trunk Road in Duncan. In lieu of owers, please make a donation to the Canadian Diabetes Association.

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The home and hospital visits, the many cards, gifts, prayers, owers, plants, meals (and delicacies), telephone calls, hugs and donations made in mom’s memory as well as the many other gestures of kindness were greatly appreciated and gave us much solace at an otherwise sad time.

This community meant everything to mom who believed that although civic involvement and commitment to ones community was extremely important, it is the people of the community who make it the wonderful place that it is. Thank you all.

We would like to offer a very special thank you to dear friends Joan, Jack and Nola Nahirnick and Karen and Rod Peters for all that they gave and all that they did (a mere thank you seems inadequate).

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John Yoerger Drew Hudson November 4, 1957 - March 14, 2013 John Yoerger Drew Hudson, 55, died suddenly but peacefully on March 14, 2013 in the company of friends. He was born on November 4, 1957 in Toronto, Ontario. John was preceded in death by his father John Drew Hudson (2009), and is survived by his mother Betty Hudson; siblings; Reid (Judy), Diane (Ian), Ross, Margo; children; John, Samantha, Hailey, and Leah, and their mother Mara; numerous nieces and nephews and many other relatives.

John grew up in Toronto, Ontario, spending many happy summers at the family cottage in Huntsville.

John came to Vancouver Island and settled in Honeymoon Bay, BC in 1983, where he raised his family and continued to reside. He was loved and will be truly missed by all his family and friends.

A memorial service will be held at H.W. Wallace Cremation and Burial Centre Inc, 5285 Polkey Rd, Duncan BC, V9L 6W3 at 2:00pm, March 23, 2013. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Lake Cowichan Animal Rescue Society or the Lake Cowichan Food Bank. Online condolences may be offered at www.hwwallacecbc.com H.W. Wallace 250-701-0001

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Cubbon Apartments For Seniors - 55+ 1035 North Park Street Bachelor - $600 and up One Bedroom - $800 & up Two Bedroom - $950 & up.

Close to sunny downtown Victoria and designated for seniors 55 years or older Amenities include a coffee lounge, games room, exercise room, and library and garden plots available for your green thumb. Pets welcome Please call Dick or Diane at 250-383-1162 or email cub@raamco.ca to view our available suites.

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Hybury House 3868 Shelbourne Street 1 bdrm - $860 1 bdrm+den - $910 2 bdrm - $1050 Hybury House offers an indoor swimming pool, hot tub, sauna and on site laundry and outdoor parking. Pets welcome.

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2 bdrm - $1040 & up Extra Lg 2 bdrm- $1250 & up (some w/an in-suite W/D) Maplewood Green offers an indoor swimming pool, on site laundry and outdoor parking. Pets welcome.

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Park West Apartments 55 Bay Street 1 bdrm - $785 & up 2 bdrm - $1000 - $1100 Park West offers on site laundry, outdoor and covered parking.

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Seagate Apartments 707 Esquimalt Road 1 bdrm - $860 & upsome with a view 2 bdrm -$1100 & up some with a view Seagate offers an indoor swimming pool, hot tub, exercise room, games room, squash court, bus stop outside the building and underground parking. Pets welcome.

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The inside back: A little of this and that ☞ Local businesses and services

° St. Louis de Montfort Catholic Church, on Fern Road, Lake Cowichan, is having a Spring Flea Market on Saturday, April 13 from 10 a.m. to 1p.m. Call 250745-3421 for information. ° Do you enjoy talking with people? Do you have know a lot about the Cowichan Lake area?

The Cowichan Lake District Chamber of Commerce is looking for volunteers to work at the visitor information centre. Shifts are usually 2-4 hours a week depending on the events and projects.

If you would like to volunteer please let them know by calling 250-749-3244 or email lcchamber@shaw.ca.

☞ Music in the Lake

☞ LCSS needs a working dryer

Lake Cowichan Secondary School needs to replace the broken dryer that is used in the foods lab and special education program in their practical arts building.

The price to replace the dryer is costly, and in keeping with our green choices, they are looking for a donation of a working dryer.

If you have one that you would be willing to donate, or know someone who might, please contact the school at 250-749-6634.(Please note the school is closed for spring break until April 2.)

hardware) for the school. Neuffer recently had the opportunity to collaborate with fellow teacher Lindy Thompson on a project to find out if the use of technology (iPads/digital games) would improve the students’ attitude toward mathematics, improve learning and engage the learners, and reinforce basic skills and concepts. Both teachers seemed to feel that it had been a successful venture.

The school recently learned that they have been awarded a $5,000 grant from the SIF. This is exciting news for LCSS’s students and teachers who will benefit directly from this technology.

☞ Students to benefit from

☞ Great Lake Walk needs rest

$5,000 inspiration grant

March Music in the Lake hosts Greg Madill. The tunesmith won at the 2010 Islands Folk Festival with his song Circle Me With Water — touted as the best, defining island life.

Madil plays many instruments but his four-string tenor ukulele seems to be the favourite.

The performance is Saturday, March 23 at 7 p.m. and tickets are unbeatable at $5 per person.

Middle and secondary schools in School District 79 had the opportunity to apply for grant money through the Student Inspiration Foundation.

The SIF was established by a former school district graduate with an initial funding of $250,000 to be expended over five years. A second former school district graduate has recently come forward with another $60,000.

This year LCSS middle school teacher, Karen Neuffer, applied for funds to purchase more iPads (and related

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Shaw Creek valley lookout is 25.2 kilometres from the Great Lake Walk start line and on Sept. 21 it will be a must needed rest stop for the registered walkers.

The only problem is that the stop doesn’t have an operator. Could your group of enthusiastic coworkers or organization man this rest stop from 5:30 a.m. to noon?

The Walk’s registrar/treasurer, Bertha Gravelle, says that registration is up so far over last year. So, to get in on the fun of providing a great rest stop call her at 250-7493740 or go to greatlakewalk.com

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